D. Jarrett

March 12, 2008

Carolina Panthers receiver Dwayne Jarrett's difficult rookie season on the field has given way to problems off it.

Jarrett, in town for the start of the team's offseason conditioning program, was arrested early Tuesday and charged with driving while impaired.

Jarrett was pulled over in the Charlotte suburb of Mint Hill at 3 a.m., said police spokesman Lt. Sergio Carrera. An officer spotted Jarrett's car cross the center line and run a red light, Carrera said. Jarrett later failed field sobriety tests before he was given a breath test.

The hits keep coming. Dwayne needs to get his act together and start taking his job seriously before he's permanently labeled a bust.

October 31, 2007

Very interesting incident just happened in the locker room. Two reporters were talking with rookie receiver Dwayne Jarrett about his frustration at barely getting to play after being a second-round pick.

As Jarrett was talking, receiver Steve Smith, who hasn’t been talking to the media recently, walked out to his own locker and talked to Jarrett.

“Instead of talking to the media, why don’t you go watch some film?’’ Smith said.

Jarrett gave a slight smile and kept talking to the media.

Smith, followed up in a very strong tone.

“Seriously,’’ Smith said.

Jarrett did keep talking and we’ll have a full story on his rough rookie season in tomorrow’s paper.

May 14, 2007

The No. 1 prep running back in America before
breaking his leg in November, Marc Tyler from Oaks Christian High of
Westlake Village is feeling a lot better - just one month after the
final screws were removed from his leg bone.

So much better, in fact, that the USC-bound Tyler will work
out with the Oaks football team Monday, the first day of spring
practice. The 6-foot-1, 217-pounder might just be 100 percent when he
joins the Trojans in late June.

Will be interesting how this plays out. Many expected Tyler to redshirt this season to fully heal his leg, but if he's 100% by the time he enters camp it will obviously increase the competition at the RB position. I think it's almost certain at this point that at least one RB will transfer out by the end of next season; I would hate to see Tyler, Green, or Stafon be one of those people...

What are they smoking up in Corvallis? From the Daily Barometer (student paper at Oregon State):

With three months left until Oregon State faces off against the Utah
Utes at Reser Stadium, fans are waiting in anticipation for the Beavers
to be unleashed on their 2007 schedule. Although the Beavs have secured
their own identity after defeating Missouri in the 2006 Sun Bowl, they
are starting to acquire an identity similar to that of a former BCS
Championship team - the 2004 USC Trojans.

With
the offensive and defensive firepower, the Beavers have the potential
to unleash on their 2007 opponents. They could have a legitimate shot
at a Pac-10 Championship, or dare I say, a BCS Championship bowl birth.

And to a guy like Jarrett, you'd think the ultimate endorsement would
be to one day see himself on the cover of the game. If he's so excited
about being in Madden that he gave me a pound and a hug for just
mentioning it, is Jarrett on the cover of Madden 09 the ultimate dream?

"I don't want to be on the cover, not at all," Jarrett says with a
grin. "That Madden Jinx is out there and it will get you. I have enough
stuff to worry about without the Jinx. I'm happy enough just to be in
the game."

May 02, 2007

A dose of humility for Keyshawn Johnson. I've never heard anyone use the word "me" as many times in a sentence as Keyshawn did after the Panthers picked Dwayne Jarrett. It was, "He plays like me" and, "He reminds me of me", etc. Oh, the irony...

"I've just been chillin' and trying to
stay away from the court a little bit," Mayo said. "I'm just trying to
enjoy my time with my family, because this is the first time I've had
off since I was like 9 years old. We usually jump from the season to
AAU.

...He hasn't been given a report date by USC
coach Tim Floyd, yet. But Mayo said he wants to arrive as early as
permitted to acquaint himself with the campus and accumulate as many
summer credits as possible to enable him to take a reduced course load
during the season.

Sounds like he has his head on straight and is ready to tear things up in the Pac-10...

Many experts are picking Carolina as the winners of day one. Sometimes you put immediate needs aside for high value picks and Carolina did just that. Although Dwayne has reason to be disappointed, he will have the luxury of playing behind Steve Smith and Keyshawn Johnson, which will greatly help in his development. Kalil should be a significant contributor right away at center or guard.

As for SS, I also think he's in a good situation where he has an opportunity to outwork the receivers ahead of him on the depth chart. He can overtake Moss fairly quickly and get significant PT.

April 23, 2007

Adds Jarrett: "It's unfortunate it didn't work out the way he wanted,
but his situation is totally different from mine. We have to let
everyone know that is a myth about USC receivers. We can break the
curse with a good rookie year."

"He said to me: "Ma, can you believe it? You're not going to need,
you're never going to want for anything ever again,' " Camille recalled
this week. "I think all those emotions came out because he knew in his
heart that from the time when he told me he was going to play
professional ball, when he was 7, to now, it's finally here.

USC basketball recruits shined at the Kingwood Classic this weekend: Brandon Jennings, Angelo Johnson, and Demar DeRozan all led their respective squads in scoring.

April 09, 2007

John Murphy of Yahoo Sports has Dwayne Jarrett as the first pick of the 2nd round in his NFL mock draft. He also has former Stanford tackling dummy Trent Edwards as the next pick going to Detroit. If Murphy gets those two picks right, I will never watch another NFL game again.

Every year writers/fans enter this loony zone where they forget everything a player's ever done on the field and become transfixed with 40 times. I'm sticking with my belief that Dwayne Jarrett will remain a top 15-30 pick.

March 26, 2007

Ben Bolch rates next year's frontcourt a 7 and the backcourt (without Gabe) an 8. Personally I think the backcourt score is a point too low. The duo of Mayo and Hackett should average close to 30 a game (Mayo around 19 and Hackett around 10). UCLA had one of the best backcourts in the nation in Collison and Afflalo and they averaged close to that point total.

Did Dwayne Jarrett lose out on a boatload of money by foregoing his senior season? According to a coach on Scott Wolf's blog, he lost about $10M. Well, considering the criticism has been primarily about his 40-time, something that can't be significantly improved upon when you are a mature athlete, I don't think it would have made a difference if he decided to come back for his senior season. When you weigh that with the possibility of injury, I personally think Dwayne made the right move.